Sehwag dropped for next two Tests

Opener Virender Sehwag, the India batsman, has been dropped for the third and fourth Tests against Australia, to be played in Mohali and Delhi.

Rest of the squad remains the same, but no replacement has been named for Sehwag.

Sehwag had scores of 2, 19, and 6 in his three innings in the first two Tests, at Chennai and Hyderabad.

India leads the four-match series 2-0.

India squad: MS Dhoni (captain and wicket-keeper), Murali Vijay, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harbhajan Singh, R Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, Ajinkya Rahane, Ashok Dinda, Cheteshwar Pujara.